Senior Manager, IT Portfolio Management
About The Position
The IT PMO Senior Manager provides portfolio-level leadership to ensure a centralized set of projects and programs is aligned to strategic objectives. The role maximizes business value by optimizing the portfolio investment mix – balancing risk, return, resource capacity, and financials. A Senior Manager oversees project and program prioritization, resource capacity planning, cross-project/program dependencies, and overall portfolio health. The role manages a team of full-time employees and contractors and serves as a senior escalation point to remove delivery roadblocks and may provide temporary coverage to programs and projects where needed.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of portfolio management.
- Full knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation
- Experience leading a team of IT project managers
- Experience managing projects using Agile, Predictive, and Hybrid Methodologies.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience managing strategic IT programs with several inter-dependencies to other strategic IT programs and operations.
- Experience leading and developing a team of project and/or program management professionals.
- Minimum of 7 years of senior level IT professional experience such as Sr Software Developer, Sr Database Administrator, Business Analysis or related role.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator; exceptional relationship builder
Nice To Haves
- Certified Product Owner, or PMI-PMP preferred
- PMI-PgMP Certification highly desirable
- Intrinsically motivated, accountable, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement
Responsibilities
- Plans and manages strategic programs with several interdependencies to other strategic programs and operations.
- Works closely with IT and Business Leaders in plan adherence.
- Partners with other PMO staff with financial support and staffing plans and supports the PMO Roadmap.
- Acts as the primary point of contact for IT Leadership & Teams supporting the program.
- Leads a team of project managers which may include program managers.
- Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts that could potentially put the program at risk.
- Creates and manages program budget.
- Communicates regularly with executive leadership on the progress and status of programs managed.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employee discount programs.
- Retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
